Explorez tous les épisodes du podcast Shirtloads of Science
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| Night Skies with Prof Lisa Harvey-Smith (351) | 27 Aug 2023 | 00:22:18 | |
Auroras, fireballs and space junk. They are all visible. Prof Lisa and Dr Karl discuss how and where you might spot them. Also, how you can get your name into space. | |||
| Exceptional Moons with Kate Howells (389) | 23 Jun 2024 | 00:26:39 | |
Which planetary moons are the best? Space fanatic Kate Howells puts Dr Karl in orbit around some of our most interesting lumps of stuff. How will Earth's moon rate ?
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| Long Covid (Part 2) with Professor Steven Faux (388) | 16 Jun 2024 | 00:29:38 | |
A shadow of Covid-19 lingers for many. Dr Karl continues his discussion with front-line clinician Professor Steven Faux. Good diagnosis and management offer some a healthy future. | |||
| Long Covid (Part1) with Professor Steven Faux (387) | 09 Jun 2024 | 00:23:13 | |
Poor health lingers after some Covid-19 infections. Dr Karl discusses the symptoms and solutions with a front-line Australian clinician as they delve into his book 'Long Covid'. | |||
| Seeing through doubles with Caitlin Thurn (386) | 02 Jun 2024 | 00:30:02 | |
Physics experiments, two centuries old, can still be used to probe matter and energy. Caitlin Thurn takes Dr Karl through the simple yet extraordinary results. | |||
| Corrections with Prof Lewis (385) | 26 May 2024 | 00:24:31 | |
Dr Karl fact checks with Professor Lewis. What is the current understood state of the Universe and how close is the end ?
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| Blood Pressure with Prof Collins (384) | 19 May 2024 | 00:18:00 | |
Professor Clare Collins explains her ongoing research into one of the world's big killers - blood pressure. | |||
| Dr Driessen decodes (383) | 12 May 2024 | 00:27:14 | |
Dr Karl visits a list of stellar phenomena with interpretive help from radio astronomer Dr Laura Driessen. Topics include brown dwarfs, proper motion, Jumbos and Universal wobbles. | |||
| Fart Busting with Prof Collins (382) | 05 May 2024 | 00:17:19 | |
Dr Karl investigates the science of rear emissions with a dietetics Professor Clare Collins. How much per day? What makes them smell? What makes them feel hot? | |||
| The Nymphageddon with Dr. Trebicki (381) | 28 Apr 2024 | 00:22:03 | |
Crops under attack, falling nutrition, viruses spread by Insects. Dr.Trebicki researches agriculture on a warming planet and the news is not great. Dr Karl addresses the myth that Carbon Dioxide is good for all plants.
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| Solid State Logic with Dr Lang (380) | 21 Apr 2024 | 00:19:27 | |
| Meet the Incretins with Dr Fuller (397) | 18 Aug 2024 | 00:19:31 | |
There is a family of chemicals that has drug companies popping corks. Obesity researcher Dr Nick Fuller explains to Dr Karl how they work and why they sometimes fail. | |||
| Neonicotinoids with Dr Sanchez-Bayo (378) | 07 Apr 2024 | 00:18:07 | |
There is a perception that the worst pesticides were banned years ago. So why are Insects (including bees) in decline? Dr Sanchez-Bayo says a family of water soluble pesticides are to blame. He names them and wants to know why they are still being sprayed in Australia.
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| iFasting with prof Varady (377) | 31 Mar 2024 | 00:23:18 | |
One of the most popular diets today was studied by professor Varady over 20 years ago. She now teaches in Chicago. Dr Karl finds out why intermittent fasting is so successful. | |||
| Viral History with A/Prof Morgan (376) | 24 Mar 2024 | 00:22:22 | |
Cat ladies, Australians and Chickens have all helped to advance our knowledge of Viruses and their link with Cancer. Dr Gregory has investigated the history and written a book about how we got where we are. X: @DrGMorgan Threads: @dr.gregory.morgan Blue Sky Social: @drgregorymorgan.bsky.social | |||
| Safe Design with Dr Sonya Brown (375) | 17 Mar 2024 | 00:18:29 | |
When Aircraft accidents happen we investigate how and why. Dr Sonya Brown tells Dr Karl about the process of improving safety and the importance of learning from incidents.
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| Decoding Chaos #2 with Professor James (374) | 10 Mar 2024 | 00:21:47 | |
The observed Universe is very binary and occasionally poly. Professor James takes Dr Karl inside a collapsing star and suggests how the last ray of starlight will shine. | |||
| Decoding Chaos #1 with Professor James (373) | 03 Mar 2024 | 00:19:31 | |
How should we explain bumps in the observations of Stars? Cosmology is full of intangible forces. Professor Renee James explains "Helium Flash", why it is mostly invisible to us and when density matters.
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| Cleaner Air with Dr King (372) | 25 Feb 2024 | 00:26:35 | |
Lung Disease is killing more of us each day. As temperatures rise, why is our air more contaminated ? Dr King explains how it's happening and what to do about it. | |||
| The Standard pt 2 with Professor Lewis (371) | 18 Feb 2024 | 00:25:42 | |
In part 2, Prof Lewis introduces Dr Karl to Quarks, Leptons and Bosons. It's a messy subatomic zoo and still our Standard Model of everything.
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| The Standard pt 1 with Professor Lewis (370) | 11 Feb 2024 | 00:20:20 | |
The Standard Model for everything ... is full of weird names and strange numbers. In part 1, Prof Lewis explains to Dr Karl how we got into this mess and why this mess still holds true. | |||
| Vaper Trails pt 2 Prof. Chapman (369) | 04 Feb 2024 | 00:24:58 | |
Vapes are 21st century inventions but the science of smoking and its dangers are well known. Prof. Chapman tells Dr Karl how Vapes are likely to be worse than tobacco, why "Puff Parameters" lead to such conclusions, and how lung cancer became a top killer. | |||
| Vaper Trails pt 1 with Prof. Chapman (368) | 28 Jan 2024 | 00:20:30 | |
On Jan 1st , Australians have new buying restrictions for vapes. Prof Chapman guides Dr Karl through the Science of Nicotine addiction, how to battle Big Tobacco and why access rules must change. | |||
| Bee Genes #2 with Dr Remnant (367) | 17 Dec 2023 | 00:27:10 | |
Epigenetic jellies did not help. Feral bees made it worse. When a species-jumping parasite landed in Australia, our biosecurity controls ultimately failed. Bee geneticist Dr Remnant explains to Dr Karl how we lost round one against Varroa and the battles now being planned.
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| Bee Genes #1 with Dr Remnant (366) | 10 Dec 2023 | 00:20:41 | |
Human prosperity has risen on the wings of bees - until recently. A species-jumping parasite has landed in Australia. Bee geneticist Dr Remnant explains to Dr Karl how and why this is so risky.
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| Repair & Recovery with Dr Adrian Brown from NASA (365) | 03 Dec 2023 | 00:25:47 | |
Space hardware needs to be reliable, affordable and repairable. Recycling rockets and reprogramming helicopters are all part of a day's work for support staff. | |||
| SportsMaths 2 with Dr Tom Crawford (395) | 04 Aug 2024 | 00:31:02 | |
Dr Tom Crawford explains to Dr Karl how using fluid density might improve your sporting performance. Listen out for duelling and marathon running references. | |||
| Martian Bath Rings with Dr Adrian Brown from NASA (364) | 26 Nov 2023 | 00:24:51 | |
Salts prove Mars once had water. The rings tell us more about how and when this happened. Also the story of the lost chopper and how they found it. Dr Karl with first-hand accounts from Percy's driver. | |||
| Billion-LY Bubble with Prof Lewis (363) | 19 Nov 2023 | 00:22:57 | |
Dr Karl gets a detailed briefing on a giant starry bubble just announced. Professor Lewis includes CMB, BAOs and traces of Dark Matter in his explanation.
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| G-Bombs with Prof Lewis (362) | 12 Nov 2023 | 00:23:04 | |
There are F Bombs in the Oppenheimer movie but no mention of G Bombs. Dr Karl probes Prof Lewis for the original source of atomic energy . The answer is surprising.
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| Knot Maths with Assistant Professor Lisa Piccirillo (361) | 05 Nov 2023 | 00:20:47 | |
Dr Karl meets Assistant Professor Lisa Piccirillo who unravelled an age-old knotty problem with four dimensional topology. Professor Piccirillo will deliver the Simon Marais Memorial Lecture at The University of Sydney on 7 November, register here. | |||
| Cosmic Ticks #2 with Prof Lewis (360) | 29 Oct 2023 | 00:17:09 | |
How far can we "see" through Space-Time? Professor Lewis takes Dr Karl to a place where everything is in slo-mo (relatively). The discussion naturally concludes with Time Machines. | |||
| Cosmic Ticks #1 with Prof Lewis (359) | 22 Oct 2023 | 00:20:03 | |
How do Cosmologists measure Space-Time? Professor Lewis explains Einstein's clocks and the new cosmic ticks. | |||
| Space Law 102 with Duncan Blake (358) | 15 Oct 2023 | 00:26:58 | |
What governs the resources, risks and rewards on the Moon, Mars and beyond? Dr Karl gets a booster shot of Space law with specialist lecturer Duncan Blake. | |||
| Space Law 101 with Duncan Blake (357) | 08 Oct 2023 | 00:23:54 | |
What are the rules for human behaviour in Space ? Dr Karl gets an introduction to Space Law history with specialist lecturer Duncan Blake. | |||
| Soot & Seaweed with Prof. Tuthill & Tiahni Adamson (356) | 01 Oct 2023 | 00:25:31 | |
Stars & Cows with astrophysicist Prof Peter Tuthill & Wildlife Conservation Biologist Tiahni Adamson (356)
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| Busting big nicotine with Dr King (355) | 24 Sep 2023 | 00:25:20 | |
The story of how a local oncologist took a pledge against Big Tobacco to the United Nations and had it passed. Dr Karl talks with Dr Bronwyn King about her crusade against the merchants of preventable disease through tobacco-free portfolios.
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| SportsMaths 1 with Dr Tom Crawford (394) | 28 Jul 2024 | 00:23:57 | |
Playing sport on a rotating planet has advantages. Dr Tom Crawford gives Dr Karl tips on using Maths to score more goals and break records. | |||
| Tyre Chemistry with Dr Linda (354) | 17 Sep 2023 | 00:23:12 | |
Meet tyre nerd and chemist Dr Linda Mitchell. She works in stewardship - trying to improve our recycling of rubber. How many old Australian tyres are exported and burned each year? Way too many and Dr Mitchell knows how we can do better.
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| Cosmic Ripples with Professor Davis (353) | 10 Sep 2023 | 00:25:55 | |
Professor Davis and Dr Karl delve into the universal tensions and cosmic ripples. Are there frozen clumps at regular intervals leading back to the Big Bang? | |||
| Green Chemists Paul Anastas & John Warner (352) | 03 Sep 2023 | 00:26:24 | |
Dr Karl meets two Green Chemists. For 30 years they have been encouraging sustainable and cleaner chemical processes.
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| Starry Gravity with Professor Lewis (350) | 21 Aug 2023 | 00:19:29 | |
Will 2023 be the year that we both see and feel more gravity waves? Dr Karl probes Prof Lewis about what is so exciting linking LIGO with Pulsars. | |||
| Fusion Power with Professor Wilson (349) | 13 Aug 2023 | 00:22:28 | |
Meet a scientist working to build and test a fusion power plant. Fusion Professor Howard Wilson has intimate knowledge of plasma - the stuff inside stars - and what is needed to safely contain it on earth. Prof. Wilson
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| Blinking Stars with Dr Kirsten Banks (393) | 21 Jul 2024 | 00:21:21 | |
When degenerate electrons meet 0.47 of a solar mass what happens? This is the start of Dr Kirsten Banks' PhD thesis. Dr Karl investigates the secret behaviour of Red Giants in the Milky Way and their Helium flashes. | |||
| Avian Ancestry with Professor Simon Ho (392) | 14 Jul 2024 | 00:21:29 | |
The bird family tree may need pruning. Geneticists have made new connections that take us back to the great extinction event. Professor Ho explains to Dr Karl how this is changing our views on dinosaurs and chickens. | |||
| Dunkelflaute with Dr Barnes (391) | 07 Jul 2024 | 00:17:42 | |
Dr Karl learns a new German word 'dunkelflaute'. Rare in Australia yet it plays havoc in colder countries. Yet another reason why atomic reactors are a poor choice for Australia as Dr Barnes explains. | |||
| Nuclear free Net Zero with Dr Rosie Barnes (390) | 30 Jun 2024 | 00:20:26 | |
Under current net zero plans, local renewables should directly supply 75% of our energy needs. What about the remainder? Dr Karl consults an engineer on why atomic reactors are a very poor choice for Australian conditions. | |||
| RPT Women who Measured the Stars with Dava Sobel | 22 Sep 2024 | 00:19:58 | |
Edwin Hubble is world famous. What about Henrietta Swan Leavitt? She found a way to measure and classify the universe. In Dava's book "The Glass Universe" she references the half million glass slides Henrietta and other women used to document both the northern and southern skies.
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| The G's of AI with Dr Jessica Bloom (398) | 29 Sep 2024 | 00:20:08 | |
At the moment there are two G's in AI. Dr Karl gets the 360 tour of both with Dr Jessica Bloom in New York City. | |||
| Is AI telling lies with Dr Jessica Bloom (399) | 06 Oct 2024 | 00:24:34 | |
Dr Karl interviews Dr Bloom in NYC on the ethics of Artificial Intelligence. If AI delivers misinformation, how could we tell? | |||